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197523141No place no date but circa 1975. Jose Contreras's copy with his ownership signature on the front flyleaf and his musical annotations in red pencil throughout. Frank Corsaro's production of Treemonisha with Schuller's orchestration and musical supervision was performed at The Palace Theatre in New York City in December 1975 with Kathleen Battle in the starring role and with Schuller and Contreras conducting. Treemonisha was Joplin's second opera which he tried unsuccessfully to stage during his lifetime and which remained undiscovered for decades after his death until the 1970s when Gunter Schuller resurrected it. It was first performed in a full-scale production directed by Frank Corsaro and conducted by Gunther Schuller who provided the arrangements and the scoring at the Houston Grand Opera in 1975 with a cast that included Carmen Balthrop Betty Allen Curtis Rayam and Willard White. In reviewing the Houston Grand Opera recording Ted Libbey called Treemonisha "a lively mix of ragtime minstrel show vaudeville grand opera Wagner Verdi and Offenbach with lots of dancing a big role for the chorus and arias and ensembles of affecting simplicity and beauty." A program for this production is included. Cover somewhat chipped near top of spine paper darkening at edges otherwise a very good copy. Folio 11 x 14 ¼ inches 173 pages original burgundy cloth. Cover somewhat chipped near top of spine paper darkening at edges otherwise a very good copy. unknown books
197412891Nova Scotia: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 1974. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Scarce clothbound edition. 76 pp. Writings on experimental music. A very good copy lacking the rare dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design hardcover books
1129Used; Like New/Used; Like New. By J.G. Wille after the original by G. Schalken. "Dedié à Sa Majesté Christian VII. Roi de Dannemark Norwege des Vandalea et des Goths." A Paris chez l` Auteur Quay des Augustins. Grave par Jean George Wille Graveur du Roi. 48 X 37 cms in very fine condition. Trimmed close to the plate small margins. unknown books
1937005398Milano: G. Ricordi & C. Editori 1937. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. Scarce libretto of a strange Futurist one act opera with talking a tree Euphobia shrubs and airplanes among the characters some of which are actually human --aviators soldiers and natives -- even if they intone like actors in a Greek tragedy. This oddball propagandistic work more an oratorio than opera celebrates war "sweet war" aviation and territorial conquest -- the things that cast a spell on so many Futurists and which were the essence of Fascism. Three copies located on OCLC of this libretto brochure at Berkeley Harvard and one in Italy. There are copies of the printed music elsewhere. The work was first performed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1937. 8vo. 20 by 13 cm. 23 pp. Dedicated to Mussolini. Pavolini like many adherents of the Futurist Movement came to embrace Fascism. In his case he had a brother who was a prominent member of the Fascist heirarchy. After the war Pavolini found success as a screenwriter. Age toning to the leaves. <br/><br/> G. Ricordi & C. Editori paperback books
1959008272London: Reg Hall 1959. RARE. Only 4 numbers published during the course of 1959 still an influential and useful source in the early heydays of the folk music revival in England. Overall Near Fine the summer issue with bottom corners creased two of the four numbers with "return to Pete" in red ink front covers. Laid in a 4 page handwritten letter from Reg Hall editor and publisher of Ethnic to Irwin Silber editor of the highly influential Sing Out ! A Folk Song Magazine which he co-founded with Pete Seeger and for which he served as editor from 1951 to 1967. Silber also founded Oak Publications. In the letter which begins " Dear Mr. Silber Thank you for your letter. I think it would be extremely important to us both to exchange copies of our magazines and I have entered your address in our files". Hall goes on to talk about Ethnic's editorial viewpoint apologizes for a misunderstanding over his reference to and use of the term "hootenanny" requests comments and criticisms discusses British traditional singers and offers his hospitality and advice on "who to see and hear and contact" for anybody coming to England. " In an aggressive style Ethnic championed the collection and study of authentic traditional style and repertoire in contradistinction to what its editors saw as a burgeoning revival movement based on false principles little knowledge and cosy middle-class fashion. The magazine included several important articles based on first-hand experience such as one on May Day at Padstow in issue number three and several on particular singers and musicians and its criticisms are also useful for evidence of a critical time in the post-war development of folklore studies and the folk-song and dance revival." From: Ethnic in A Dictionary of English Folklore Oxford Univ. Press 2000. . HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reg Hall Paperback books
1909005595London: B. T. Batsford 1909. 5 plates 33 illustrations 196 pp. decorative end pages quarter red morocco over grey cloth boards gilt titles. Near Fine slight rubbing to morocco at spine ends usual uniform browning to plates. With notes by T.L. Southgate. A quite lovely copy. . Second Edition. Quarter- Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. B. T. Batsford Hardcover books
1818545Philadelphia and Baltimore: G. W. Mentz; Schäffer und Maund 1818. Oblong 8vo. 145 x 2 70 mm. 5 ¾ x 10 ½ inches. 10 2 105 3 pp. Contemporary leather spine over paper covered boards; spine and boards rubbed with a 2 x 2-inch circle of paper missing from lower board; paper stock aged brown and lightly foxed small piece missing from title-page not affecting text. This copy with the repeated inscription which reads "Henry Landis his book bought in Harrisburg January 20th 1818." With faults a very good copy of a scarce book. First edition reprinted in Harrisburg in 1822. John Wyeth was a Harrisburg printer who produced music and voice books for ministers and church groups during the first quarter of the 19th century. He was the first printer to use shape-note type in his books for the German religious community. In addition to printing for Rev. Isaac Gerhart he printed music books for James Doll and Johannes Rothbaust. Rev. Isaac Gerhart was a Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley in Dauphin County Pennsylvania. "In addition to preaching administering the sacraments and conducting catechetical instructions Rev. Gerhart set about to improve church worship. He found a 'great defect' in the singing in those early churches. Since he had musical knowledge and talent he prepared a music book called Church Harmonia." Shaw and Shoemaker American Bibliography 44154. Arndt German Language Printing 2274. Biographical information found at LykensValley.org/rev-isaac-gerhart. G. W. Mentz; Schäffer und Maund unknown books
1824006561Paris: Crapelet Imprimeur-Libraire 1824. In handsome red leather and marbled boards end pages marbled top edges gilt gilt titles and decorations 4 raised band Near Fine slight rubbing to leather at tips slight foxing and toning scattered throughout. Philippe Quinault 1635-1688 was a French dramatist best known for his 14 opera librettos which he wrote for Lully. First Thus. Leather and Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crapelet, Imprimeur-Libraire Hardcover books
1963011557NY: Dodd Mead 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . Inscribed on the half title by Sondheim "For Bob and Jane -Stephen Sondheim". Bob and Jane Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years the go-to bookshop for theatre professionals and aficionados. Unclipped dustjacket slightly toned at spine. Missing ffe else near fine. Dodd Mead hardcover books
1977011552NY: Dodd Mead 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . Inscribed on the ffe by Sondheim "For Jane Emerson with best wishes from Stephen Sondheim 6/15/81". Jane along with husband Bob Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years the go-to bookshop for theatre professionals and aficionados. Unclipped dustjacket slightly toned spine small chip spine head. Book near fine. Dodd Mead hardcover books
1973011554NY: Dodd Mead 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ner Fine/Very Good . Inscribed on the ffe by Sondheim "To Bob and Jane with best wishes from Stephen Sondheim 1/15/82". Bob and Jane Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years the go-to bookshop for theatre professionals and aficionados. Unclipped dustjacket spine lightly faded. Book near fine. Dodd Mead hardcover books
1975147501N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 musical play which premiered at the Winter Garden Theatre on March 19 1975. <br/><br/>The origins of jazz told through the ersatz romance of a would-be trumpeter and a young black brothel worker.<br/><br/>Set in New Orleans and Chicago.<br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with book credits for Buster Davis and Paul Carter Harrison and music and lyric credits for Buster Davis. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-6-20. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
186153716NY: Horace Waters Lith. by Thomas & Eno N.Y.; Engvd. at Clayton's 1861. First edition. 4to. 7pp. Brilliant full-page color lithographic cover of Winfield Scott and the important Union generals of the early months of the war Rosecrans McDowell McClellan Burnside Banks Fremont and 18 others all in full military dress and on horseback; publisher's ad on verso of final leaf. Cover title: Our Generals Quick Step. OCLC locates one copy Yale. Disbound. Some light browning but very good. 531. <br/><br/> Horace Waters (Lith. by Thomas & Eno, N.Y.; Engvd. at Clayton's) unknown books
1867008012London: N. Trubner & Co. 1867. Published 1867-8. lxxiv 12 Subscriber's List 536; lxxi 610; xliv 595 viii 128 pp. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marbled boards the backs ornately gilt marbled end papers top edges gilt. Folding facsimile of the MS frontispiece Vol. I is Near Fine small crease at edge. A Very Good Plus set light shelf rubbing a few pages with top corner crease. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N. Trubner & Co. Hardcover books
1973011555NY: Dodd Mead 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ner Fine/Very Good . Inscribed across the top of the front pastedown and ffe by Sondheim "For Jane and Bob from Stephen Sondheim" Bob and Jane Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years the go-to bookshop for theatre professionals and aficionados. Price-clipped dustjacket gently ruibbed very lightly toned. Book near fine. Dodd Mead hardcover books
1964112721New York: Crown Publishers 1964. Original playbill of this classic play. Octavo original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the front panel "For Peter: Sheldon Harnick 12/16/15." In near fine condition. Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters or Tevye the Dairyman and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family's lives. He must cope both with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters who wish to marry for love - each one's choice of a husband moves further away from the customs of their Jewish faith and heritage - and with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village. The original Broadway production of the show which opened in 1964 had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3000 performances. Fiddler held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until Grease surpassed its run. It remains the seventeenth longest-running show in Broadway history. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It won nine Tony Awards including best musical score book direction and choreography. It spawned five Broadway revivals and a highly successful 1971 film adaptation and has enjoyed enduring international popularity. It has also been a popular choice for school and community productions. Crown Publishers unknown books
1955008277London: Workers' Music Association Ltd. 1955. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush and still in operation the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec 1955 Annual Report 9 issues; 1956 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957 12 issues; 1958 8 issues; and 1959 9 issues. Additionally 14 related separate pieces of ephemera from both the WMA and Topic Records assorted brochures flyers and price lists. RARE collection individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better mailing stampings small corner creases. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Workers' Music Association, Ltd. Paperback books
1947641Cambridge MA: The Riverside Press 1947. First edition of this classic retelling of Robin Hood. Quarto original cloth illustrated. Presentation inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton "Greetings to the 'Caner' from Virginia Lee Burton." Near fine in the original dust jacket with some wear and tear. Anne Malcolmson Grace Castagnetta and Caldecott medalist Virginia Lee Burton joined forces in 1947 to produce the definitive edition of The Song of Robin Hood. Their triumphant achievement was one of the most distinctive presentations of the legend ever published and it received a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1948. Through meticulous research and unfailing perseverance Anne Malcolmson rediscovered fifteen of the original ballads of Robin Hood; Grace Castagnetta adapted them to modern musical notation. Virginia Lee Burton spent three years on drawings to accompany the songs ultimately producing a work of art filled with exquisite detail and worthy of comparison to the greatest illuminated manuscripts of the medieval era. The Riverside Press hardcover books
196719198Trumansburg: Electronic Music Review 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 60 pp. First issue of the influential magazine covering the world of electronic music. This copy stamped "Complimentary Copy" on the front cover. Laid into this copy is a one page Typed Letter Signed to David Tudor from the editor Reynold Weidenaar dated August 3 1967 plus a one page "Questionaire for Members of I.E.M.C. Independent Electronic Music Center Advisory Council" printed in offset plus a printed return envelope. The magazine has some light offsetting to covers but is otherwise clean and well-bound. Electronic Music Review paperback books
1974147953New York: Chelsea-Candide Company 1974. Draft script for the 1974 production of the play noted on the title page as the "Playing Version.". "Candide" premiered at the Broadway Theatre on March 10 1974 playing for 740 performances closing on January 4 1976. Annotation in holograph marker of copy number "#13" on title page and several annotations in holograph pencil throughout highlighting dialogue and songs.<br/><br/>The second Broadway production of the comic operetta of Voltaire's 1759 novella. First performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman but beginning with this 1974 revival with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to the novel. This version running at 105 minutes omitted over half of the musical numbers from the original and was known as the "Chelsea version." Opening in 1973 at stage director Robert Kalfin's Chelsea Theatre Center in the Brooklyn Academy of Music before moving to the Broadway Theatre in 1974 to enthusiastic notices and a two year run.<br/><br/>Also of note for this version was the staging. The Broadway Theatre itself was rebuilt for the production with walkways and platforms constructed around the auditorium with the audience seated on wooden benches in the middle of the action and invited to eat peanuts during the show adding to a circus-like atmosphere.<br/><br/>Winner of five 1974 Tony Awards including Best Book of a Musical and Best Direction of a Musical nominated for Best Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical and Best Featured Actress in a Musical.<br/><br/>Red Studio Duplicating Service vinyl titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1974 noted as Playing Version with credits for Leonard Bernstein music Richard Wilbur lyrics Stephen Sondheim and John Latouche additional lyrics and Hugh Wheeler book. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Chelsea-Candide Company unknown books
1961151378N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script on yellow leaves for the 1961 British film musical and souvenir 45 rpm record with slipcase from the December 13 1961 World Premiere at the Warner Theatre in London's West End. Script noted as "Copy No. 2" on front label with simple annotations in holograph pencil and ink throughout script. <br/><br/>Released in the US as "Wonderful to be Young" and not to be confused with 1982-1984 BBC British sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson Rik Mayall Nigel Planer Christopher Ryan and Alexei Sayle.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1939 musical "Babes In Arms" directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. A group of teens try to save their youth club from a ruthless property tycoon by recording a hit song and broadcasting it on a pirate radio station. The first in a string of British film musicals starring Cliff Richard including "Summer Holiday" 1963 and "Wonderful Life" 1964. Adapted in 2007 as a stage musical by John Plews which premiered that December at the Gatehouse in London.<br/><br/>Set in London's West End shot on location in Finsbury Park Empire and Castrol House now Marathon House London and Middlesex England. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers with titled label dated 18th May 1961 with credits for Screenplay Words and Music by Peter Meyers & Ronald Cass and Copy No. 2. Title page present dated 18th May 1961 with credits for Screenplay Words and Music by Peter Myers & Ronald Cass. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three flat metal brads.<br/><br/>45 rpm Record Near Fine. <br/><br/>Record Slipcase 7.5 x 7.75 inches Very Good plus with light creasing and two vertical adhesive stains on seams of verso. N.p. unknown books
1960CAT0107California and New York 1960. Silver gelatin prints on glossy stock most 8 x 10 inches. Fine. A fine collection of press photos from an amazing period in American music with many classic soul singers included many of whom were represented by the William Morris Agency. Subjects include: Clyde McPhatter Ketty Lester Barbara McNair Leon Bibb Sheryl Easly who performed with the Sal Salvador Orchestra on a recording in 1963 Adam Wade Sam Cooke Odetta Nipsey Russell Leslie Uggams Maxine Brown Pearl Bailey Ray Charles Tiny Joe Freda Payne and Solomon Burke. Photos generally fine with no notable flaws though a few have an odd fold or crease. unknown books
1971147547New York: New Era Productions 1971. Draft script for the 1971 musical which premiered Off-Broadway on September 12 at Theatre Four. Notated in holograph ink as copy No 14A on the title page.<br/><br/>An experimental musical based on Walt Whitman's 1855 collection of poetry.<br/><br/>Green titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credits for poet Walt Whitman and music and adaptation credits to Stanley Harte Jr. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered II-36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. New Era Productions unknown books
19473045New York: Music Press Inc. Very Good. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. grey decorated cloth no dust jacket moderate exterior soiling corners bumped light stain across bottom of front cover spine somewhat darkened. two B&W photographs This opera first performed at Columbia University in May 1947 was inspired by the life and career of Susan B. Anthony and includes a wide range of historical characters among them Daniel Webster Anthony Comstock Ulysses S. Grant and Lillian Russell. This is No. 47 of 55 copies of which only 50 were for sale which were "printed on special paper cloth bound and numbered . and are signed on the limitation page by Virgil Thomson." The regular trade edition was 1000 copies in wrappers. Included but transferred from another copy of the book are the three original portrait photographs by Carl Van Vechten which were originally issued with each of the numbered copies. Each photograph is approx. 5x7 inches and is mounted on a 9x12 piece of thin textured card stock; each has a printed label on the verso bearing Van Vechten's original signature. The three photographs contained in their original envelope are: Gertrude Stein; Virgil Thomson; and Dorothy Dow as Susan B. Anthony and William Horne as Jo the Loiterer as they appeared in the original production. NOTE that the original photo of Stein in profile is different from the shot of Stein in front of an American flag that's reproduced as part of a dual frontispiece in the book itself; the two portraits of Thomson are identical. Signed by One Author . Music Press, Inc. hardcover books
1958006438Chicago: Associated Booking Corporation 1958. RARE SIGNED personal appearance contract for the great Louis Armstrong to appear in concert at the Indiana University Auditorium Bloomington Indiana on November 21 1958 for the sum of $2500.00. The first important soloist to emerge in jazz Armstrong is recognized as the most influential musician in the genre's history. Nicknamed "Satchmo" "Pops" and later "Ambassador Satch" he was a trumpeter bandleader singer soloist film star and comedian. About Very Good 2 horizontal folds staple at top edge small chips top edge dampstain bottom right corner across part of Armstrong's signature but not obscuring it. . SIGNED. One Page. Very Good. 8 1/2" x 11". Associated Booking Corporation Paperback books
